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DECEMVIR
Definition of DECEMVIR
noun
Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
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Where it comes from
From Latin decemvir.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECEMVIR · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECEMVIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 93, 21 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DECEMVIR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIMRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECEMV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECEMVIR?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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